Some might consider me to be a bit of a weeb. Started out young maybe 8 years old or so when my mom copped me a Shonen Jump subscription from the scholastic book fair (iykyk). Spent a lot of time then reading OP and Naruto as those were just starting to get published in English in the early 2000’s. Those stories certainly weren’t as far along back then. Read a few manga from Clamp, and Ken Akamatsu ( I was young okay ), some HxH, Deathnote, etc. Got my whole family into Ghibli films, would have my mom rent me stuff like Cowboy Beebop and Samurai Champloo (still one of my all time favorites). Tried to be attentive to the big ones like Ghost in the Shell, Akira and such but I was just too young to appreciate those masterpieces at the time.
Always been a nerd but as I grew up through my teenage years I had more than enough hobbies to keep me away from the weeb life (yo-yoing was one of em). But fast forward to when Toonami started running Naruto, I legit DVR’d every episode until Netflix was a thing and then it was game on from there.
Me and my roommate at the time decided we would watch every single episode of Naruto together, even the fillers. Took us quite a few years given our schedules but we actually caught up with the show just as it was ending.
Along the way we got sucked into a lot of the forementioned ones, AOT, Death note, One Punch Man, Tokyo Ghoul, etc.
A crunchy roll subscription, an exteeeensive manga and figure collection later, I have now undertaken the monster I’ve feared for years but am diving in with absolutely zero regret, you guessed it , One Piece. Been watching on and off for a few years but have been hitting it hard lately and sheeesh yeah I’m a weeb.
Anyways if you’re still with me, you must also certainly be a weeb or maybe just want to see what I can highly recommend at this point, so here’s my list:
And in no particular order-
Shonen: ( for the non weeb- these are the super long ones where you watch a child grow up to be OP and awesome)
Hunter x Hunter
Naruto
One piece
(Don’t be intimidated, tame those beasts)
Want sum Gore:
Berserk - The Golden Age Arc
Tokyo Ghoul (Phenominal anime but manga sooo much better which says a lot)
Attack on Titan
Up and comers: (Been up and still coming )
My Hero Academia - Family Friendly with really good animation
Jujitsu Kaisen - not so family friendly with some of the most unique and wonderful animation I’ve seen in a minute
Demon Slayer - Perhaps some of the best fight sequences ever animated
Black Clover
Mashle
Dr. Stone
Goblin Slayer
Vinland Saga
Chainsaw Man
Light Hearted:
Spy Family - just a good time
Neon Genesis Evangellion - (lmao no it’s not lighthearted but hnnng so good)
Seven Deadly Sins - (Mostly upbeat)
Soul Eater
Assassination Classroom
The Quintessential Quintuplets
The Classics: (Neon Genesis actually belongs here lol)
Cowboy Beebop
Samurai Champloo
Full metal alchemist (OG or brotherhood both good)
Ruroni Kenshin
Dragon Ball
Misc. Anime Movies:
Ninja Scroll
Ghost in the Shell
Akira
Mirai
Anything Ghibli
Paprika
Manga:
Deadman Wonderland - my all time favorite manga. They kinda butchered the anime so I can’t recommend watching it but please read this I love this twisted story so much.
Blame! - some of the most beautiful panels I’ve ever seen, second only to
Berserk - unmatched but very long and still unfinished
If you plan on reading manga choose whatever anime you liked and dive into that universe. Mangas are generally deeper and quite different than their anime counterparts.
You can say I have a special passion for this art form.
If you can’t find the pervy anime list it’s because redit can help you with that lmao.
This nerd is done rambling. Happy watching yall.